– thermostat – chemical plants with valves, pumps – control modes for complex systems, eg. intelligent cruise control in automobiles, aircraft autopilot modes • Coordinating processes: systems which are comprised of many interacting subsystems (called multiple agent, or multi-agent systems) typically feature continuous controllers to optimize performance of individual agents, and coordination a...

Hadronic decays rates of the τ lepton into multi meson final states are presented. The structure of the hadronic matrix elements for various decay modes is discussed. The formalism of structure functions allows for a detailed test of these matrix elements. Various correlations are discussed which are sensitive to possible CP violation and new physics effects in the decay modes.

Integrated quantum optics has the potential to markedly reduce the footprint and resource requirements of quantum information processing systems, but its practical implementation demands broader utilization of the available degrees of freedom within the optical field. To date, integrated photonic quantum systems have primarily relied on path encoding. However, in the classical regime, the trans...

Abstract Although many studies modelled writing quality by analysing basic skills (spelling, grammar, etc.), few focused on top-down compositional strategies at the discourse level. We propose that using both narrative and argument modes in an argumentative essay (a multi-discourse mode [MDM] strategy) capitalizes their complementary advantages, yielding higher essays. tested whether MDM strate...

In this paper, four new hybrid digital circuit design techniques, namely, hybrid multi-threshold CMOS complete stack technique, hybrid multi-threshold CMOS partial stack technique, hybrid super cutoff complete stack technique and hybrid super cutoff partial stack technique, have been proposed to reduce the subthreshold leakage power dissipation in standby modes. Techniques available in literatu...

In multi-party interactions humans use available communication modes in predictable ways. For example, the dialogue theories of Conversational Implicature (Grice 1975) and Giveness Theory (Gundel, Hedberg et al. 1993) have both been applied successfully in the analysis of multi-party, multimodal settings (Chai, Prasov et al. 2005). At times people use multiple modes of communication in compleme...

In view of the theoretical and empirical support for the use of student-generated questions in education and the numerous useful features of network technology, several online student question-generation learning systems with peer-assessment components have been developed. Since most of the similar existing systems were limited in terms of the types of communication modes used in peer-assessmen...

This paper discusses an approach to evaluating accuracy of numerical integration in simulation of linear electrical network transients. Both modes of the free motion of a linear network (i.e. modes of the general solution of the differential equations) and modes of the forced motion (particular solution) are distorted independently when numerical integration is performed. The distortions of the...

With the development of high-efficiency video coding (HEVC), the newest video coding standard, 3D video extension of HEVC (3D-HEVC) has been actively investigated. Since 3D-HEVC uses multi-view texture and depth data for input, various coding tools have been added to HEVC. In 3D-HEVC, on top of the existing 35 HEVC intra modes, eight additional modes exist, which are specifically for depth codi...

Static Var compensator (SVC) is one of flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) elements mainly used for reactive power and voltage control in power systems. This paper deals with multi-modal electromechanical oscillations damping in the presence of severe disturbances. These oscillations include local modes, interarea modes and inter-plant modes. To enhance the damping of the oscillations, a co...